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The Obama administration plans to announce a new policy to curb the spread of biological weapons, but it will reaffirm the Bush administration’s opposition to international verification of stockpiles of various agents.
A GOP counter-delegation is forming to undermine the Obama administration's work on an international climate change agreement in Copenhagen, warning that the president is poised to make commitments he can't keep and drawing heightened attention to controversial leaked e-mails.
The Obama administration is extending its $700 billion financial-rescue program until next October, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says.
In a move the Obama administration has been telegraphing for weeks, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner today triggered the near-automatic extension of the $700-billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, until Oct. 3, 2010.
The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu was rebuffed Wednesday in its demand for strong action to curb global warming, and a top U.S. official said the Obama administration's new moves to cut greenhouse gases were not designed to bypass recalcitrant lawmakers in Congress.
The Obama administration said Tuesday it would pay $1.4 billion to a group of American Indians who said the government mismanaged a century-old system of Indian land trusts.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner plans to tell Congress that the Obama administration will extend the $700 billion financial-rescue program until next October, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Obama administration is trying to get the "emergency" out of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress that the Obama administration is extending the $700 billion financial-rescue program until October, saying the U.S. must hold on to the money in case of new financial shocks.
The Obama administration intends to extend the life of the $700 billion financial bailout fund until next October, administration officials familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Only about 10,000 homeowners received permanent loan modifications this fall under the Obama administration's mortgage relief plan, harsh proof of the continuing woes for the government's effort to stem the foreclosure crisis, a watchdog report said... Mortgage - Foreclosure - Presidency of Barack Obama - Loan - Business
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